Public issues

October 2016

Psych online showcases mental health and wellbeing apps and online sites to assist APS psychologists in maintaining up-to-date knowledge of online mental health and wellbeing services.Improving mental wellbeing using a public health programThe program: myCompass Developer: Black Dog Institute...

August 2016

A new website packed with engaging content will help promote appreciation for the discipline and profession.Psychlopaedia is an energetic and engaging new website created by the APS which brings reliable, authoritative and interesting psychological insights to the public. With many articles...

August 2016

Feeling positive about psychologyPsychology Week is an opportunity to demystify and communicate the depth, breadth and many benefits of psychology to people who may never have considered visiting a psychologist before.This year, the focus of Psychology Week will be positive psychology, in...

August 2016

Psych online showcases mental health and wellbeing apps and online sites to assist APS psychologists in maintaining up-to-date knowledge of online mental health and wellbeing servicesSupporting parents of children with autism spectrum disorder and disabilityThe program: Children with Autism &...

June 2016 | Marguerite Hone

Historical contextI will never fully heal from the grief and trauma of losing my baby the way I did…” (Mother, Kenny et al., 2012, p. 62).During the 1940s to 1980s adoptions in Australia were at an all-time high. An estimated 9,798 adoptions took place in 1971-72 alone, standing in...

June 2016

The APS Grant for Intercultural and/or International Projects supports innovative projects that have an intercultural and/or international focus, particularly in countries where psychology is an emerging discipline. The 2014-15 Grant was awarded to Zoe Collins MAPS, Clinical Psychologist, on...

April 2016

Psych Online is a new InPsych feature that showcases mental health and wellbeing apps and online sites to assist APS psychologists in maintaining up-to-date knowledge of online mental health and wellbeing services.Building positivity, resilience and overall mental wellbeing through play in the...

April 2016 | Associate Professor Sunil Bhar and Mark Silver

Mrs Smith was known to staff as “the lady in the room”. She rarely came out of her quarters and never received visitors. She was quiet, did not make a fuss and seemed to have very little to say for herself. She was timid. Staff members did not say much to her, but ensured she was...

February 2016 | Professor Ann Sanson

Psychology tends to focus on things that can, and sometimes do, go wrong in people’s lives. In the Australian Temperament Project (ATP), a 32-year longitudinal study, we have developed an equal interest in understanding what leads to positive development, health and wellbeing. Begun in 1983...